Gisborne
Blocked, burst or leaking in Gisborne?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Gisborne, from the Bunjil Creek reserve to the oak lined town entrances, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Gisborne
Freeway commuters and a setting of old oaks
Once the Tullamarine Freeway put Melbourne within commuting reach, the town's population tripled over the following quarter century. Most houses therefore date from the commuter decades and likely run on early PVC or late clay drains with rubber ring joints, where joint movement is the fault to look for.
The council describes old and new side by side against a setting of mature oaks, with tree lined avenues at the main entrances to town. Oak roots seek out drain joints, so a blockage that keeps returning near big trees is probably root entry, and a camera before clearing or relining is the sensible start.
Jobs in Gisborne
Rubber rings, oak roots and overland flow
Blocked drains
Root entry at joints near the oak avenues and older garden trees.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to tell a private blockage from a surcharging estate drain.
Pipe relining
Lining a root damaged line where a trench would cut through oak roots.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Gisborne questions
Estate storms, the pump station and the creek reserve
Why did drains overflow at the new estate after a short storm?
An intense storm of about an hour caused localised flooding in the Rosalia estate development area, when the rain beat both the partly built estate drains and the older network around them. Before clearing a backed up stormwater drain nearby, the plumber works out whether it is a private blockage or the public system surcharging.
Is a slow sewer the house drain or the water corporation's?
Sometimes the network. Greater Western Water has been upgrading the Gisborne sewer pump station with a large storage tank at Rotary Park to cut the risk of overflows. If the surcharge is on its side, the corporation deals with it, so that is confirmed before a private line is dug up.
Where does stormwater go from houses backing onto the creek?
The Willowbank Drainage Reserve runs behind a line of houses and takes in the Bunjil Creek waterway. Homes backing onto it usually discharge toward the creek, so the legal point of discharge may be at the rear, and any drain work beyond the boundary needs council consent.
